Heavy winter rain breaks 50 year record in Delhi

Heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorm lashed the capital since Monday night, breaking all previous records of single day rainfall in the last 50 years for the month of February.

The heavy rain threw traffic out of gear across the city due to perennial problem of water-logging.. The Met department predicted more rains in the next couple of days in the city.

"It is the highest rainfall in 24 hours in the month of February in the last 50 years," Met department director BP Yadav said. He said the city received 50 mm of rainfall for a period of 24 hours till 10am. He said besides Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana will also receive more rains till Wednesday.

The situation was compounded by non-functioning traffic lights in various areas.

The minimum temperature was recorded at 11.7 degrees, three notches above normal but the windchill factor added to the chill in the air.

The maximum temperature in the last 24 hours was recorded at 19.3 degrees Celsius, which is three degrees below normal. The Met department said cloudy weather condition is likely to continue for the next couple of days.